July 17, 2019 Sweden seeks lithium tie-ups in South America amid battery metal rush Peru – a major copper producer – is also looking to edge in on the action.
July 17, 2019 Fresnillo cuts 2019 production, cites challenging times The miner blamed lower-than-expected ore grades and delays in construction at one of its gold mines in Mexico for the output drop.
July 16, 2019 Vale to adjust provisions for Brazil dam disaster in Q2 results Vale had announced it would pay $106 million to compensate workers affected by the deadly rupture of a tailing dam in January.
July 16, 2019 Fresh opposition to Southern Copper’s billion-dollar project in Peru Locals claim the open-pit mine will damage crops and affect water supplies.
July 15, 2019 Vale to pay $106.5m to workers affected by Brazil dam disaster In a statement, Vale said the deal also involves individual compensation for moral and material damages.
July 15, 2019 Gold industry review: Falling production at world’s biggest gold mines, costs kept under control – Q1 2019 MINING.COM first quarter 2019 gold industry review reveals global all-in costs remain under control – one Australian producer now mines for just $315/oz.
July 15, 2019 Codelco chooses 33-year insider to replace Pizarro as CEO Octavio Araneda will replace Nelson Pizarro at the helm of Codelco from Sept. 1.
July 15, 2019 Molymet drops plans for battery parts factory in Chile Molymet's decision is yet another setback for Chile, which has struggled to modernize its mining policy and develop a domestic battery industry.
July 14, 2019 Venezuela has an Indigenous Mining Arc that is destroying national parks: Expert According to scholar José Rafael Lozada, the Indigenous Mining Arc precedes the Orinoco River Mining Arc.
July 14, 2019 Mexico’s environmental authority investigates Grupo Mexico’s spill The pressure valve of a tank that receives purges from the shipping lines failed.
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